![]() HMS A3
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Name | HMS A3 |
Builder | Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness |
Yard number | 295 |
Laid down | 6 November 1902 |
Launched | 9 May 1903 |
Commissioned | 13 July 1904 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | A-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 105 ft (32.0 m) |
Beam | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
Draught | 10 ft 8 in (3.3 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 320 nautical miles (590 km; 370 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced |
Complement | 2 officers and 9 ratings |
Armament | 2 × 18-inch (45 cm) torpedo tubes |
HMS A3 was an A-class submarine built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She sank in 1912. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.